                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED CONDUCT (§ 2.2-3103)

No officer or employee of a state or local governmental or advisory agency
shall:

1. Solicit or accept money or other thing of value for services performed within
the scope of his official duties, except the compensation, expenses or other
remuneration paid by the agency of which he is an officer or employee. This
prohibition shall not apply to the acceptance of special benefits that may be
authorized by law;

2. Offer or accept any money or other thing of value for or in consideration of
obtaining employment, appointment, or promotion of any person with any
governmental or advisory agency;

3. Offer or accept any money or other thing of value for or in consideration of
the use of his public position to obtain a contract for any person or business
with any governmental or advisory agency;

4. Use for his own economic benefit or that of another party confidential
information that he has acquired by reason of his public position and which is
not available to the public;

5. Accept any money, loan, gift, favor, service, or business or professional
opportunity that reasonably tends to influence him in the performance of his
official duties. This subdivision shall not apply to any political contribution
actually used for political campaign or constituent service purposes and
reported as required by Chapter 9.3 (&#xA7; 24.2-945 et seq.) of Title 24.2;

6. Accept any business or professional opportunity when he knows that there is a
reasonable likelihood that the opportunity is being afforded him to influence
him in the performance of his official duties;

7. Accept any honoraria for any appearance, speech, or article in which the
officer or employee provides expertise or opinions related to the performance of
his official duties. The term &#8220;honoraria&#8221; shall not include any
payment for or reimbursement to such person for his actual travel, lodging, or
subsistence expenses incurred in connection with such appearance, speech, or
article or in the alternative a payment of money or anything of value not in
excess of the per diem deduction allowable under &#xA7; 162 of the Internal
Revenue Code, as amended from time to time. The prohibition in this subdivision
shall apply only to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,
Governor&#8217;s Secretaries, and heads of departments of state government;

8. Accept a gift from a person who has interests that may be substantially
affected by the performance of the officer&#8217;s or employee&#8217;s official
duties under circumstances where the timing and nature of the gift would cause a
reasonable person to question the officer&#8217;s or employee&#8217;s
impartiality in the matter affecting the donor. Violations of this subdivision
shall not be subject to criminal law penalties;

9. Accept gifts from sources on a basis so frequent as to raise an appearance of
the use of his public office for private gain. Violations of this subdivision
shall not be subject to criminal law penalties; or

10. Use his public position to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against any
person for expressing views on matters of public concern or for exercising any
right that is otherwise protected by law, provided, however, that this
subdivision shall not restrict the authority of any public employer to govern
conduct of its employees, and to take disciplinary action, in accordance with
applicable law, and provided further that this subdivision shall not limit the
authority of a constitutional officer to discipline or discharge an employee
with or without cause.

HISTORY: 1987, Sp. Sess., c. 1, § 2.1-639.4; 1994, cc. 663, 815, 851; 2001, c.
844; 2006, cc. 787, 892; 2015, c. 574.